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{"id": "foster", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "foster", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "fosterer", "text": "fosterer"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["Old English f\u014dstrian \u2018feed, nourish\u2019, from f\u014dster\u2018food, nourishment\u2019, of Germanic origin; related to food. The sense \u2018bring up another's (originally also one's own) child\u2019 dates from Middle English. See also foster-"], "grammaticalFeatures": [{"id": "transitive", "text": "Transitive", "type": "Subcategorization"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/foster_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u02c8f\u0252st\u0259"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable)"], "examples": [{"text": "the teacher's task is to foster learning"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0383560.008", "shortDefinitions": ["encourage development of"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["develop (a feeling or idea) in oneself"], "examples": [{"text": "appropriate praise helps a child foster a sense of self-worth"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0383560.014", "shortDefinitions": ["develop feeling or idea in oneself"]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "encourage"}, {"language": "en", "text": "promote"}, {"language": "en", "text": "further"}, {"language": "en", "text": "stimulate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "advance"}, {"language": "en", "text": "forward"}, {"language": "en", "text": "cultivate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "nurture"}, {"language": "en", "text": "strengthen"}, {"language": "en", "text": "enrich"}, {"language": "en", "text": "help"}, {"language": "en", "text": "aid"}, {"language": "en", "text": "abet"}, {"language": "en", "text": "assist"}, {"language": "en", "text": "contribute to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "support"}, {"language": "en", "text": "endorse"}, {"language": "en", "text": "champion"}, {"language": "en", "text": "speak for"}, {"language": "en", "text": "proselytize"}, {"language": "en", "text": "sponsor"}, {"language": "en", "text": "espouse"}, {"language": "en", "text": "uphold"}, {"language": "en", "text": "back"}, {"language": "en", "text": "boost"}, {"language": "en", "text": "give backing to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "facilitate"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "foster", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0005998.001"}]}, {"definitions": ["bring up (a child that is not one's own by birth)"], "examples": [{"text": "a person who would foster Holly was found"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0383560.016", "shortDefinitions": ["bring up another person's child"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["(of a parent or authority) assign (a child) to be brought up by someone other than its parents"], "examples": [{"text": "when fostering out a child, placement workers will be looking for a home similar to their own"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0383560.017", "regions": [{"id": "british", "text": "British"}], "shortDefinitions": ["assign child to be fostered"]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "bring up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "rear"}, {"language": "en", "text": "raise"}, {"language": "en", "text": "care for"}, {"language": "en", "text": "take care of"}, {"language": "en", "text": "look after"}, {"language": "en", "text": "nurture"}, {"language": "en", "text": "provide for"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "foster", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0005998.002"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "verb", "text": "Verb"}, "text": "foster"}], "type": "headword", "word": "foster"}], "word": "foster"}
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